Shigeyoshi Inoue

Shigeyoshi Inoue (9 December 1889-15 December 1975) was an Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.

Biography
Shigeyoshi Inoue was born on 9 December 1889 in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, and he graduated from the Imperial Japanese Navy Academy in 1909, second in his class. In 1918, he was appointed military attache to Switzerland, learning German while there; this came in handy when he was sent to Paris to take part in the Paris Peace Conference. In 1920, he became attache to France, and he rose in the ranks during the Interwar Years. Inoue was taken under the wing of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, and Inoue and Yamamoto were member of the "leftist clique", which opposed fascism and involvement with the Axis Powers. On 15 November 1935, Inoue was promoted to Rear Admiral, then to Vice Admiral in 1939. Inoue criticized the navy's emphasis on battleships instead of aircraft carriers, as carriers would become the future of naval combat. He took command of the IJN Fourth Fleet on Truk and led it in the capture of Guam and Wake Island, but he was relieved of command after the defeat at the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942. Inoue was recalled to Japan to serve as Vice-Minister of the Navy, and he retired on 15 October 1945 with the rank of Admiral. Inoue became an English and music teacher for his children in Yokosuka, and he died in 1975 at the age of 86.